Researchers have developed software that lets users control robots over the internet with off-the-shelf virtual reality hardware. Even as autonomous robots get better at doing things on their own, ...

A virtual robot arm has learned to solve a wide range of different puzzles—stacking blocks, setting the table, arranging chess pieces—without having to be retrained for each task. It did this by ...

BOT or NOT? This special series explores the evolving relationship between humans and machines, examining the ways that robots, artificial intelligence and automation are impacting our work and lives.

A multi-segmented robot at the DARPA Urban Challenge in February 2020. A two-segmented version of this robotic design appears in the virtual challenge. A completely virtual environment may be the most ...

Robotics first entered our imaginations, but now it's becoming part of our lives without us even realizing it. Robot drones fly overhead, robot vacuum cleaners are on sale in stores, toy robots ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — COVID-19 has made getting together with your family and friends much harder. If you want to see someone, you can't just head to their house to chat. So now, people are turning to ...

Facebook has announced a new step in the company's journey towards achieving what it calls "embodied AI" – the technology that could one day enable robots to carry out tasks in mundane settings, such ...

Blue Prism's robotic process automation software allows companies to automate repetitive tasks, which would otherwise consume vast amounts of time for staff. ZDNet spoke to co-founder and CTO David ...

To deal with the challenges of requiring new employees to travel to company sites for hands-on training, Ido Lechner, who writes for PSFK, shares an example of a company that’s turned to virtual ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Virtual Robots: Robot Programming Simulator Virtual Robots is a robot programming simulator. The objective of this game is to write code for your robots.

Juries are seldom allowed to visit crime scenes. There are exceptions, usually in difficult, high-profile murder cases such as the O.J Simpson trial in 1995 in the US and the Jill Dando murder trial ...

Roboticists often copy nature, crafting humanoid robots for household chores, worm-style machines for crawling through tunnels and four-legged contraptions that look like cheetahs for running and ...